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Book The Relative Chronology of the Aegean in the Neolithic Period and the Early Bronze Age

Download or read book The Relative Chronology of the Aegean in the Neolithic Period and the Early Bronze Age written by Saul S. Weinberg and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Aegean Bronze Age

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  • Author : Oliver Thomas Pilkington Kirwan Dickinson
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Release : 1994-03-03
  • ISBN : 9780521456647
  • Pages : 368 pages

Download or read book The Aegean Bronze Age written by Oliver Thomas Pilkington Kirwan Dickinson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1994-03-03 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oliver Dickinson has written a scholarly, accessible, and up-to-date introduction to the prehistoric civilizations of Greece. The Aegean Bronze Age, the long period from roughly 3000 to 1000 BC, saw the rise and fall of the Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations. The cultural history of the region emerges through a series of thematic chapters that treat settlement, economy, crafts, exchange and foreign contact (particularly with the civilizations of the Near East), and religion and burial customs. Students and teachers will welcome this book, but it will also provide the ideal companion for amateur archaeologists visiting the Aegean.

Book Final Neolithic Crete and the Southeast Aegean

Download or read book Final Neolithic Crete and the Southeast Aegean written by Krzysztof Nowicki and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2014-08-19 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents an archaeological study of Crete in transition from the Neolithic to the Early Bronze Age (c. 4000 to 3000 BC) within the broader South Aegean context. The study, based on the author’s own fieldwork, contains a gazetteer of over 170 sites. The material from these sites will prompt archaeologists in Greece, Turkey, and the Middle East to reconsider their understanding of the foundation of Bronze Age civilization in the Aegean.

Book Of Odysseys and Oddities

Download or read book Of Odysseys and Oddities written by Barry Molloy and published by Oxbow Books. This book was released on 2016-08-31 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of Odysseys and Oddities is about scales and modes of interaction in prehistory, specifically between societies on both sides of the Aegean and with their nearest neighbors overland to the north and east. The 17 contributions reflect on tensions at the core of how we consider interaction in archaeology, particularly the motivations and mechanisms leading to social and material encounters or displacements. Linked to this are the ways we conceptualize spatial and social entities in past societies (scales) and how we learn about who was actively engaged in interaction and how and why they were (modes). The papers provide a broad chronological, spatial and material range but, taken together, they critically address many of the ways that scales and modes of interaction are considered in archaeological discourse. Ultimately, the intention is to foreground material culture analysis in the development of the arguments presented within this volume, informed, but not driven, by theoretical positions.

Book The Absolute Chronology of the Aegean Early Bronze Age

Download or read book The Absolute Chronology of the Aegean Early Bronze Age written by Sturt W. Manning and published by Burns & Oates. This book was released on 1995 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Sturt Manning's The Absolute Chronology of the Aegean Early Bronze Age seeks to establish a precise and accurate absolute (i.e. calendar) chronological framework for the southern Aegean region during the Early Bronze Age, and summarizes the complex archaeological evidence for the period and its external relations." "For the first time, sophisticated statistical studies of the available radiocarbon and thermoluminescence dates from the Aegean and related areas are presented in detail, and illustrated by the extensive use of graphics." "This important volume will be useful for anyone studying Aegean and East Mediterranean chronology for its own sake, and for archaeologists and prehistorians working in these areas who wish to use a diachronic framework in categorizing relation, culture-historical, or other studies."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Book Aegean Prehistory

Download or read book Aegean Prehistory written by Tracey Cullen and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aegean prehistory has developed over the 20th century into a distinctive and vibrant area of archaeological research. The past few decades, in particular, have seen a dramatic reorientation and expansion of goals and methods as well as a flood of new fieldwork in the Agean. Keeping abreast of these new developments has become a daunting task. Aegean Prehistory: A Review contains detailed syntheses of research, originally published in the American Journal of Archaeology and newly updated here. The volume conveys the diversity and richness of current approaches to the discipline of Aegean prehistory whilst also marshalling an enormous amount of information pertaining to field projects, museum studies, analyses of materials and texts, and supporting theories of interpretation. An introduction by Tracey Cullen places the review articles in historical perspective, tracing the evolution of Aegean prehistory from the 19th century to the present. The author also considers the current status of the discipline--its relationships with classical archaeology and anthropology, and the manner in which it is shaped by various sociopolitical forces. Aegean Prehistory: A Review is a powerful research tool for the exploration of Aegean themes. With its expansive and detailed coverage, the book constitutes essential reading for professionals and students of Aegean prehistory. It will also be of great interest to all who wish to learn more about intellectual trends and current discoveries in this part of the Mediterranean. Perhaps most important, Aegean Prehistory: A Review provides a solid foundation upon which Aegean archaeology can build as it continues to thrive in the coming years.

Book Aegean Bronze Age Chronology

Download or read book Aegean Bronze Age Chronology written by Peter M. Warren and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Oxford Handbook of the Bronze Age Aegean

Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of the Bronze Age Aegean written by Eric H. Cline and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 968 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Greek Bronze Age, roughly 3000 to 1000 BCE, witnessed the flourishing of the Minoan and Mycenean civilizations, the earliest expansion of trade in the Aegean and wider Mediterranean Sea, the development of artistic techniques in a variety of media, and the evolution of early Greek religious practices and mythology. The period also witnessed a violent conflict in Asia Minor between warring peoples in the region, a conflict commonly believed to be the historical basis for Homer's Trojan War. The Oxford Handbook of the Bronze Age Aegean provides a detailed survey of these fascinating aspects of the period, and many others, in sixty-six newly commissioned articles. Divided into four sections, the handbook begins with Background and Definitions, which contains articles establishing the discipline in its historical, geographical, and chronological settings and in its relation to other disciplines. The second section, Chronology and Geography, contains articles examining the Bronze Age Aegean by chronological period (Early Bronze Age, Middle Bronze Age, Late Bronze Age). Each of the periods are further subdivided geographically, so that individual articles are concerned with Mainland Greece during the Early Bronze Age, Crete during the Early Bronze Age, the Cycladic Islands during the Early Bronze Age, and the same for the Middle Bronze Age, followed by the Late Bronze Age. The third section, Thematic and Specific Topics, includes articles examining thematic topics that cannot be done justice in a strictly chronological/geographical treatment, including religion, state and society, trade, warfare, pottery, writing, and burial customs, as well as specific events, such as the eruption of Santorini and the Trojan War. The fourth section, Specific Sites and Areas, contains articles examining the most important regions and sites in the Bronze Age Aegean, including Mycenae, Tiryns, Pylos, Knossos, Kommos, Rhodes, the northern Aegean, and the Uluburun shipwreck, as well as adjacent areas such as the Levant, Egypt, and the western Mediterranean. Containing new work by an international team of experts, The Oxford Handbook of the Bronze Age Aegean represents the most comprehensive, authoritative, and up-to-date single-volume survey of the field. It will be indispensable for scholars and advanced students alike.

Book The End of the Early Bronze Age in the Aegean

Download or read book The End of the Early Bronze Age in the Aegean written by Gerald Cadogan and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-08-21 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Kos in the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age

Download or read book Kos in the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age written by Mercourios Georgiadis and published by INSTAP Academic Press. This book was released on 2012-12-31 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is based on material from an intensive and systematic field survey of Halasarna (modern Kardamaina), located on a coastal plain in the southern part of the Dodecanesian island of Kos, and a study of settlement patterns across the Aegean. It provides a new corpus of data on the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age periods, presents a material sequence based on stylistic analysis, and develops a diachronic understanding of settlement dynamics within a wider regional context.

Book Metron

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  • Author : Karen Polinger Foster
  • Publisher : Peeters
  • Release : 2003
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 620 pages

Download or read book Metron written by Karen Polinger Foster and published by Peeters. This book was released on 2003 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contents: Foreword ; List of abbreviations ; A. KEYNOTE ADDRESS ; James D. MUHLY : Archaeology and Archaeometry: Why We Need (and Should Want) to Work Together ; B. MEASURING THE AEGEAN LANDSCAPE ; Gisela WALBERG: Measuring the Aegean Landscape ; Daniel J. PULLEN: Site Size, Territory, and Hierarchy: Measuring Levels of Integration and Social Change in Neolithic and Bronze Age Aegean Societies ; Richard ROTHAUS, Eduard REINHARDT, Thomas TARTARON and Jay NOLLER: A Geoarchaeological Approach for Understanding Prehistoric Usage of the Coastline of the Eastern Korinthia ; Anastasia DAKOURI-HILD, Eleni ANDRIKOU, Vassilis ARAVANTINOS and Elena KOUNTOURI: A GIS in Boeotian Thebes: Taking Measures for Heritage Management, Archaeological Research and Public Outreach ; C. MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION ; Thomas F. TARTARON: The Characterization of Inorganic Materials in Aegean Prehistory ; Pat GETZ-GENTLE, Norman HERZ, Yannis MANIATIS and Kyriaki POLIKRETI: Sourcing the Marble of Early Cycladic Objects: : Tristan CARTER: Problematizing the Analysis of Obsidian in the Aegean and Surrounding Worlds ; Zofia A. STOS-GALE and Noel H. GALE: Lead Isotopic and other Isotopic Research in the Aegean ; Carole GILLIS, Robin CLAYTON, Ernst PERNICKA and Noel GALE: Tin in the Aegean Bronze Age ; Susan Ferrence, Kristalia Melessanaki, Maripaz Mateo, Philip P. Betancourt and Demetrios Anglos: Adaptation of Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) for the Analysis of Archaeological Artifacts ; Philip P. BETANCOURT: Interpreting Ceramic Petrography: The Special Product Model, a New Model for Pottery Distribution in the Early Minoan Period ; Evangelia KIRIATZI: Sherds, Fabrics and Clay Sources: Reconstructing the Ceramic Landscapes of Prehistoric Kythera ; Vassilis KILIKOGLOU, Evangelia KIRIATZI, Anna PHILIPPA-TOUCHAIS, Gilles TOUCHAIS and Ian WITHBREAD: Pottery Production and Supply at MH Aspis, Argos: The Evidence of Chemical and Petrographic Analyses ; D. ARTIFACT-BASED STUDIES ; Elizabeth HENDRIX: Some Methods for Revealing Paint on Early Cycladic Figures ; Walter MWalter MULLER: Minoan Works of Art - ; Thanos PANTAZIS, Andreas G. KARYDAS, Christos DOUMAS, Andreas VLACHOPOULOS, Petros NOMIKOS and Mark DINSMORE: X-Ray Fluorescence Analysis of a Gold Ibex and other Artifacts from Akrotiri ; Elizabeth B. SHANK and Costas BALAS: The MuSIS 2007 and its Application to the Throne Room Fresco at Knossos ; Ann BRYSBAERT: Rotating Angles in Measuring the Aegean Bronze Age. The Technology of Bronze Age Painted Plaster from the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean ; Maria C. SHAW: Grids and other Drafting Devices in Minoan and other Aegean Wall Painting. A Comparative Analysis Including Egypt ; E. EXPERIMENTAL ARCHAEOLOGY AND REPLICATION PROJECTS ; Elizabeth J.W. BARBER: Archaeology by Experiment and Reproduction ; Eva ANDERSSON and Marie-Louise B. NOSCH: With a Little Help from my Friends: Investigating Mycenaean Textiles with Help from Scandinavian Experimental Archaeology ; F. ENVIRONMENTAL AND BIOLOGICAL ANALYSES ; Robert ARNOTT and Elizabeth STUCKEY: Finding the Hydra: The Search for Malaria in the Prehistoric Aegean ; Sevi TRIANTAPHYLLOU: A Bioarchaeological Approach to Bronze Age Cemetery Populations from Western and Central Greek Macedonia ; Margaret SERPICO: Quantifying Resin Trade in the Eastern Mediterranean during the Late Bronze Age ; G. ARCHITECTURAL AND CONSTRUCTIONAL STUDIES ; Donald PREZIOSI: What Does a Module Mean? ; Joseph W. SHAW: Palatial Proportions: A Study of the Relative Proportions between Minoan Palaces and Their Settlements ; David Gilman ROMANO: Minoan Surveyors and Town Planning at Gournia ; Louise A. HITCHCOCK: Louise A. HITCHCOCK: "And Above Were Costly Stones, Hewn According to Measurement:" ; Michael C. NELSON: Leveling Ashlar Walls ; H. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ; Maria Emanuela ALBERTI: Weighting and Dying between East and West Weighing Materials from LBA Aegean Funerary Contexts ; Karl M. PETRUSO: Quantal Analysis of Some Mycenaean Balance Weights ; Lorenz RAHMSTORF: The Identification of Early Helladic Weights and Their Wider Implications ; Anna MICHAILIDOU: Measuring Weight and Value in Bronze Age Economies in the Aegean and the Near East: A Discussion on Metal Axes of No Practical Use ; I. STATISTICAL ANALYSES OF CERAMICS ; Marianna NIKOLAIDOU, Nikos MEROUSIS, Aikaterini PAPANTHIMOU and Angeliki PAPASTERIOU: From Metron to Context in Neolithic/Early Bronze Age Mandalon, Northwestern Greece: The Example of Ceramics ; Iris TZACHILI: Quantitative Analysis of the Pottery from the Peak Sanctuary at Vrysinas, Rethymnon ; J. MEASURING AND LINEAR A ; Dimitri NAKASSIS and Kevin PLUTA: Linear A and Multidimensional Scaling ; Massimo PERNA: Ideograms of Vases and Fractions in Linear A Script ; K. MEASURING ACROSS SPACE AND TIME ; George F. BASS: Carolyn: A Submersible for Underwater Archaeology ; Robert LAFFINEUR and Jean-Noel ANSLIJN: Laser Plotting and 3D Reconstruction of Aegaean Archaeological Remains. From the River Meuse to the Aegaean Sea ; Benjamin R. FOSTER: The Measure of Ancient Mesopotamia ; Malcolm H. WIENER: Time Out: The Current Impasse in Bronze Age Archaeological Dating ; L. POSTERS ; Paolo BELLI: On Measuring Tholoi in the Aegean Bronze Age ; Andrew BEVAN and Doniert EVELY: The Andrew BEVAN and Doniert EVELY: The "Stone Vessels of the Bronze Age Aegean" ; Giuliana BIANCO: Two Different Building Modules of Measurement at Kommos - A Neopalatial Module in Building T and a Postpalatial Module in Building P ; Janice L. CROWLEY: IconA: Classification and Database for Aegean Glyptic ; Cesare D''ANNIBALE and Dan LONG: Replicating Bronze Age Obsidian Blade Manufacture: Towards an Assessment of the Scale of Production during the Minoan Period ; Karen Polinger FOSTER and Max BICHLER: Theran Pumice from Egyptian Graves? ; Bernice JONES: Veils and Mantles: An Investigation of the Construction and Function of the Costumes of the Veiled Dancer from Thera and the Camp Stool Banqueter from Knossos ; Walther KAMM: The Nippur-measuring-rod and its Reference to the Linear-Measure Used during the Aegean Bronze Age ; Athanasia KRAHTOPOULOU: Geomorphic Processes and the Creation of the Modern Archaeological Record of Northern Pieria, Macedonia, Greece ; Robert LAFFINEUR: Automatic Profile Drawing of Sherds and Vases at the University of Liege ; Abby LILLETHUN: The Recreation of Aegean Cloth and Clothing ; Severine LIVIN : An Advanced Skill in Hydraulic Engineering at Knossos? ; Walter MULLER : Precision Measurements of Minoan and Mycenaean Gold Rings with Ultrasound ; Steven SOETENS, Apostolos SARRIS, Klaas VANSTEENHUYSE and Sofia TOPOUZI: GIS Variations on a Cretan Theme: Minoan Peak Sanctuaries ; Gisela WALBERG and John HANCOCK : Digital Midea: An Interactive Computer Model of a Mycenaean Citadel ; John G. YOUNGER: Calculating Vessel Volumes ; M. ABSTRACTS ; Stelios ANDREOU, Sarantis DIMITRIADIS, Vassilis KILIKOGLOU, Evangelia KIRIATZI, Kostas KOTSAKIS and Alexandra TSOLAKIDOU: Measuring Demand and Supply of Mycenaean and Protogeometric Style Pottery in Late Bronze Age Macedonia with Special Reference to Thessaloniki Toumba ; Andrew BEVAN: Exploring Kythera: Island Dynamics and GIS ; Keri A. BROWN, Christine FLAHERTY, John PRAG and Terence A. BROWN: Families, Faces and Ancient DNA at Mycenae ; James CONOLLY: Quantitative Analysis of Aegean Survey Data: A Case Study from Kythera ; Charles FREDERICK, Athanasia KRAHTOPOULOU and Maria KOUSOULAKOU: Polycyclic Terracing: The View from Kythera ; Thea A. POLITIS, Meg H. ABRAHAM and J. Peter NORTHOVER: PIXE, Gold, and Granulation: Potential Applications for Measuring Social and Technological Interaction in the Aegean Bronze Age ; Sven VAN LOKEREN: Metallurgical Technologies and Production Organisation on LBA Kythera ; N. CLOSING ADDRESS ; Paul REHAK and John G. YOUNGER: Concluding Remarks.

Book The End of the Early Bronze Age in the Aegean

Download or read book The End of the Early Bronze Age in the Aegean written by Gerald Cadogan and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1986 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Relative Chronologies in Old World Archeology

Download or read book Relative Chronologies in Old World Archeology written by Robert W. Ehrich and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Communities in Transition

Download or read book Communities in Transition written by Søren Dietz and published by Oxbow Books. This book was released on 2017-11-30 with total page 1332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Communities in Transition brings together scholars from different countries and backgrounds united by a common interest in the transition between the Neolithic and the Early Bronze Age in the lands around the Aegean. Neolithic community was transformed, in some places incrementally and in others rapidly, during the 5th and 4th millennia BC into one that we would commonly associate with the Bronze Age. Many different names have been assigned to this period: Final Neolithic, Chalcolithic, Eneolithic, Late Neolithic [I]-II, Copper Age which, to some extent, reflects the diversity of archaeological evidence from varied geographical regions. During this long heterogeneous period developments occurred that led to significant changes in material culture, the use of space, the adoption of metallurgical practices, establishment of far-reaching interaction and exchange networks, and increased social complexity. The 5th to 4th millennium BC transition is one of inclusions, entanglements, connectivity, and exchange of ideas, raw materials, finished products and, quite possibly, worldviews and belief systems. Most of the papers presented here are multifaceted and complex in that they do not deal with only one topic or narrowly focus on a single line of reasoning or dataset. Arranged geographically they explore a series of key themes: Chronology, cultural affinities, and synchronization in material culture; changing social structure and economy; inter- and intra-site space use and settlement patterns, caves and include both site reports and regional studies. This volume presents a tour de force examination of many multifaceted aspects of the social, cultural, technological, economic and ideological transformations that mark the transition from Neolithic to Early Bronze Age societies in the lands around the Aegean during the 5th and 4th millennium BC.

Book The Aegean Civilizations

Download or read book The Aegean Civilizations written by Peter M. Warren and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Art and Archaeology of the Aegean Bronze Age

Download or read book The Art and Archaeology of the Aegean Bronze Age written by Jean-Claude Poursat and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-06-09 with total page 994 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Art and Archaeology of the Aegean Bronze Age offers a comprehensive chronological and geographical overview of one of the most important civilizations in human history. Jean-Claude Poursat's volume provides a clear path through the rich and varied art and archaeology of Aegean prehistory, from the Neolithic period down to the end of the Bronze Age. Charting the regional differences within the Aegean world, his study covers the full range of material evidence, including architecture, pottery, frescoes, metalwork, stone, and ivory, all lucidly arranged by chapter. With nearly 300 illustrations, this volume is one of the most lavishly illustrated treatments of the subject yet published. Suggestions for further reading provide an up-to-date entry point to the full richness of the subject. Originally published in French, and translated by the author's collaborator Carl Knappett, this edition makes Poursat's deep knowledge of the Aegean Bronze Age available to an English-language audience for the first time.